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BRITISH  FORTIFICATIONS  ON  PACIFIC  COAST. 


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HUITISH    IMKTIFK'ATIONS   ON    l'.\(  IKK     (('AST. 

Mr.  HULL.  Mr.  Speaker,  I  am  instrncted  liy  i!>c  ( '(unmitteo  on 
Military  Affairs  to  report  buck  a  resolution  with  the  rot  tnumen- 
ilation  that  it  lie  upon  the  table, 

The  SPEAKER.  The  gentleinau  from  Iowa.  I'hainn m  of  the 
Committee  on  Military  Affairs,  submits  from  that  coiiimittee  the 
following  privileged  report,  which  the  Clerk  will  reail. 

The  Clerk  read  a»  follows: 

ICinoIri)!.  Tlint  tlit>  Secnttury  of  Wiir  in  lieivliy  (lirt-cti'd  to  iMf.inu  tlw 
Hi)UM«  of  Uciirt'Mt'iitiitives  iih  I'urly  hh  possilih'  wlmt  fortitli  nti'iii-  (Irciit 
Britiiin  is  crccfinK.  ciinstfiictiiin.iiiul  coniiiUMinijaloiiKtlu'  iiortlicrn  frontier 
of  tlif  Tniteil  States,  i-sixviiilly  iit  PuKot  Sound  aud  otliei'  \t\nci"*  ..n  flu-  I'u 
cillc  Ocean  contiguous  to  the  Stati-  of  Wasliiuntoii  and  t)w  diMtrict  of  Alaska. 

Mr.  HULL.    I  a«k  the  Clerk  to  read  the  report  of  the  n  .nimi  ttce. 

The  Clerk  read  as  foUow.s: 

Tlu' C'onimitti'i' on  Military  Affiiirs,  to  whom  was  n'torroil  Hou.m'  ri'^olu 
tioii  1">,  i-pport  tin-  Minif  liur  k  to  tin-  House,  witli  tin-  reoouimcndaiioii  iliat 
tho  ri'Soliitiou  1h<  laid  upon  tho  taliU- 

Indorsements  1  and  :.'  of  tlio  rejiort  of  the  War  Dciiartment  on  this  lesolu 
tion  arc  lierewith  suliuiittcd  and  miide  a  luirt  (>f  tliis  report. 

Mr.  IITTLL.     I  call  for  the  readini;of  those  two  indorsements  of 

the  War  Department,  Mr.  Speaker. 

The  SPEAKER.    The  Clerk  will  read. 

The  Clerk  read  as  follow.s: 

i  Knst  indor.-i'Wellt.l 

All.ll    I'AM'  (il-.Nt:ilM,'S  OKKlCi;,  ll'i(s/i/,l;//i>iJ      \flnrh   T:>.    t"'! 

U.'.spectfully  returned  to  tlip  Secretary  of  Viir. 

'•'he  infoi'nmtion  the  IJepartnieiit  po-isessesin  tliisaml  likei  n-^-Hlm^alway* 
!►  held  to  he  eoiitidential,  iiiid  for  ijood  and  snttleient  r<';ison*hasnot  hrvw 
made  public.  It  is  rcmarkcil.  liowcver,  thai  Oreat  Britain,  so  far  as  the 
Departiu'-nt  isinfonned.  in  iu  uo  instanee  ercetiiiK  fori illi-ut  ions  tn>sp(i.««lnK 
upon  our  rinlits 

U.  ('    CDHIUN       illj'll'lllf  t.l  „r,„l. 

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[Hcrond  liidorsoinentl 

WaII  nKI'AIITMKNT,  \farrh  iO.  t9llD- 
Rospoctfully  rrtHrniHl  ti)  ll'm    .1.  A   T    Hn.l.,  •'Iiiiirniaii  ('iiiiimlttoo  on 
Military  AtTniri,  HouMwif  l{i<|iri>Hi'ritulivi>H,  invitiiiK  attpiitloii  to  tliu  fore- 
KoiiiK  K'lmrt  of  tlii>  Adjutant  (h'licrnl  <>f  tli«  Artny 

O.  D.  MKIKI.KJOHN,  Acting  Hecrrtary  of  \V(tr. 

Mr.  HULL,  Mr.  Spcakor,  tlio  «iiiestion  iH  on  adopting  the  re- 
port of  Iho  conunittoc,  that  tlio  n-snlntiun  be  laid  upon  tlio  tabi  ). 

The  SPEAKER.    Tlie  (^.testion  is  on  agreeing  to  the  report. 

Mr.  RICHARDSON.    Are  we  to  have  no  debate,  Mr.  Speaker ' 

Mr.  SULZER.    I  should  like  to  have  twenty  minutes  on  a  side. 

The  SPEAKER.  The  motion  to  lay  upon  the  table  is  not  debat- 
able. 

Mr.  SULZER.  Then,  Mr.  Speaker,  I  ask  tinanimons  con.sent 
for  twenty  minutes  on  a  side.    This  is  an  important  matter. 

Mr.  HULL.     Mr.  Speaker,  I  object. 

Mr.  RICHARDSON.  Then,  on  the  motion  to  lay  on  the  table, 
we  demand  the  yeas  and  nayn. 

Mr.  SULZER.  Will  the  gontleman  object  to  giving  me  five 
minutes?    I  want  to  explain  this  resolution  to  the  Honso. 

Mr.  HULL.  No;  I  will  not  object  to  yotir  having  five  minutes, 
if  the  House  wants  to  hear  yon. 

The  SPEAKER.  The  gentleman  from  New  York  f  Mr.  Sclzeb] 
asks  unnnimous  con.sent  to  be  heard  for  five  minutes  upon  the 
report.     Is  there  objection? 

There  was  no  objection. 

The  SPEAKER.  The  gentleman  from  New  York  [Mr.  Sirusiai] 
is  recognized  for  five  minutes. 

Mr.  SULZER.  Mr.  Speaker,  this  resolution  was  introduced  by 
me  in  good  faith  and  at  the  suggestion  of  patriotic  people  who 
have  more  concern  about  American  rights  than  they  have  about 
Britisli  ifltei-ests.  There  is  a  popular  demand  for  the  information 
calli'd  for  in  this  resolution  and  the  War  Department  should  fur- 
nish it  td^thfs  Hou.se,  in  order  that  we  may  be  thoroughly  in- 
formed of  tfie'extent  of  Great  Britain's  operations  on  our  northern 
frontier. 

Thore  is  nothing  in  the  resolution  which  calls  for  secret  infor- 
mnftrjh,  and  the  answer  of  the  Adjutant-General  and  the  Acting 
I^Vrtetary  of  War  in  that  regard  is  absolutely  untenable.  All  this 
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rPBoIution  dws  is  to  ask  f(ir  snch  infonnafion,  not  incnniputihle 
with  the  i)nl»Ii(;iiit('rcHt,as  thiiWur  Dpimitiiicnt  ponsesHt'H  r«K!inl- 
iii){tliouro(ti')ii,  c'onHtructioii,  nnd  i^omp'.tdion  of  Ihitish  foitilu»« 
tions  on  I'ui^t^t  Sonnil  and  places  contiKUons  to  the  Stiit«  of  WmhIi- 
ington  ami  tho  district  of  Alaska.  There  ih  uo  ronson  why  wo 
siionlil  nut  havo  tliii  inlonnution  from  tiio  War  Dopnrtnu-nt,  and 
no  ono  on  tlio  Hcpublicaii  nido  of  Iho  IIouho  \\;\»  liecn  aMo  to  ^i^'*' 
any  g<M)il  rouMon  for  tins  ailvcrMe  rei)ort. 

It  is  very  stranKo  to  mo  that  the  llepuhlicanH,  ami  especially 
those  on  the  Commitleo  on  Military  Afl'airH,  are  ho  scnHitivoin 
rPKurd  to  this  resolution,  particnlarly  that  part  of  it  which  refers 
to  (:»roat  Britain. 

That  paitof  tho  report  of  the  Adjntant-ttcmTal  to  tho  eDFect 
that  (Jreut  Britain  is  not  infringing  on  our  rights  is  ridiculons  in 
view  of  all  that  is  transpiring  to-day  and  which  is  pretty  generally 
known  by  the  people  of  this  country. 

We  contend,  sir,  and  the  facts  Justify  it,  that  while  (treat  Brit- 
ain is  i)ri»tendlng  to  be  onr  friend  ami  is  lulling  to  sleep  tho  Ad- 
ministration, sho  is  secretly  and  stealthily  erecting  great  fortifi- 
cations all  along  our  northern  frontier  that  can  only  mean  one 
thing. 

Thi'so  great  fortifications  are  not  being  erected  because  of  Eng- 
land's love  for  America.  They  are  being  erected  m  order  to  take 
advantage  of  ns  when  we  least  expect  it.  That  is  the  truth 
about  it. 

(treat  Britain's  fortifications  at  I'uget  Sound  and  along  our 
northern  frontier  menace  our  Republic,  and  on  the  shortest  possi- 
bl<'  notice  she  will  be  in  a  positioii  to  destroy  the  property  of  our 
peojile  and  lay  waste  our  towns  and  cities. 

It  se.Mus  to  mo  that  the  Uepublicaa  A(lministrati(m  i.s  being 
humbugged  by  tho  ministry  of  (rreat  Britain.  To  day  it  appears 
that  t'ongress  can  not  do  anything,  and  does  not  do  anything, 
without  the  consent  and  the  approval  of  (treat  Britain.  Every- 
thing the  Administration  <loos  is  ap.iarently  dictated  from  Down- 
ing street.  Kngland  n(>ver  was  and  never  will  lie  our  friend.  As 
Jeirerson  said,  she  \\ill  never  be  our  friend  until  we  are  her 
nuister. 

This  re.solutioii  was  adversely  reported  from  the  Committee  on 
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Militiiry  AfTnirsi  >iy  a  stri<t  i»nrt.v  vote.  Every  Df-inocrnt  votoil 
iji  favor  of  the  riMolnti<in  iind  ("very  Roiiviblicaii  vot«'«l  UKHinHt  it. 
It  is  now  lu'l'oro  this  Hoiiso.  and  wt*  intend  to  K«'t  the  HPnsf  of  the 
HonH»>  i)y  a  roll  cull  to  Mrtct'rfaiii  who  are  tho  frieiida  of  Aim-rlca 
iiiid  who  are  the  friends  of  (Jroat  Britain.  The  roll  call  will  he  a 
straw  shiiwiiiK  which  way  the  |)(jlilical  wind  \h  Mowin(C- 

Tiiis  resolution  hhould  have  been  rciuirted  favctrably,  and  it 
should  be  [lasHcd  by  tliis  House.  It  is  inijiortant  that  every  nieni- 
Wr  liave  the  information  called  for  in  order  to  intelligently  vote 
on  the  military-fortifications  bill  which  wan  rcjiortod  a  few  days 
a}!o  t»y  the  K^iitleman  from  Illinois  |Mr.  ('annon), 

I  truit  the  ujembersof  this  Hoi.se  will  rise  above  party  spirit 
and  vote  in  favor  of  American  rights  ajjainst  15riM.sh  interests. 

The  fact  that  this  rcHolntion  has  been  reported  adversely ,  if  now 
sustaned,  will  bo  ovidenco  to  the  country  that  Great  Dritmn  has 
more  infln  nee  here  than  the  American  jieople.  There  is  a  feel- 
inp  abroad  in  this  land.  1  regret  to  say,  (hat  the  Administration 
has  absolutely,  abjectly,  and  iirnominiously  surreiidered  to  Great 
Britain,  and  that  British  interests  are  now  paramount  to  Ameri- 
can riKhts. 

The  Administration  has  sacrificed  American  rights  to  [iritisU 
intorc-ts  in  Alaska.  It  has  sa<  viliced  American  rights  to  Great 
Britain  in  the  iiay-1'auncefote  treaty  regarding  the  Nii  aragna 
(anal,  (h-eat  Britain,  it  seems,  dominates  the  policy  of  this  wt-ak, 
wobbling,  un-American  Administration,  not  only  licre  but  else- 
where, and  is  now  .seeking  to  entangle  us  witli  her  Kiiropean, 
African .  and  Asiatii  troubleii. 

The  Administration  has  aided  and  helped  Groat  Britain  in  every 
way  in  its  power  to  crush  and  destroy  our  two  brave  little  sister 
Uei)ublics  in  .South  Africa.  |  Applause  on  the  Democratic  side.  ] 
In  fact  sir,  if  it  had  not  been  for  the  undue,  collusive,  and  uufor 
tnnate  haste  of  Secretary  Ilay,  after  consult/uion.  no  doubt,  with 
Lord  Pauncel'ote,  and  after  being  told  what  to  do  by  Downing 
street,  reganling mediation  in  the  Honth  African  war,  there  would 
have  bi-eii  a  concort  of  European  powers  offering  mediation, 
demanding  a  ce.-sation  of  war.  and  insist  ing  on  peace  with  the  inde- 
pendence of  the  two  Uei)ublics  in  South  Afii ra. 
Tt  is  high  time,  in  my  judgment,  for  some  one  who  believes  in 
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Aiiirrirun  riRlittt.  wlio  Ih^Hovoh  In  Aiiu'rifaii  priuciiilj'H.  an<l  who 
bt'liinPH  ill  and  KlcnicM  in  our  hintiiry  o(  tlu^  irint  to  stiiinl  m*  Iutc 
nnd  tell  till' f  rut lin>Kiir(iiiif,'tlit'luniiil Hit  inKHiirrondtr  of  Americttn 
rinlilH  to  UritiNli  interostH  by  this  proKiiKiish  Adiniiiistration. 

Wf  will  K'-t  a  votit  on  tliis  rt'Holntion  ami  wo  will  t-i«f,  ami  flie 
IH'ojilo  of  tlilH  country  will  wm*.  wlio  an*  in  favor  of  Amcrira  ami 
who  are  in  I'iivor  of  Great  Britain,  wlio  arc  in  favor  of  the  Uepuo 
lir  and  who  are  in  favor  of  the  Enii»irt'.     [Loud  applanHti  on  the 
Domoi  ratic  Hido.  I 

Till"  Sl'KAKKll.     Tlio  tiino  of  thfit,'fntlonian  lias  oxpin'd.    Tlio 
<lin'>ti(;n  is  on  a^rfrin^j  to  tlio  n-iiort. 

The  qucHtion  was  tiild-n;  and  the  Sjifukf-r  announced  that  the 
uycH  apiicared  to  have  it. 

.Air.  SITL'/ER.     DiviMun. 

Tlio  Tlniisi' divided;  and  there  were  -ay en  HI.  in'os.s:!. 

Mr.  Sl'LZKK  and  .Mr.  KK"1IAK1)S(  >N.    Tl;"  youH  and  nay.H, 
Mr   Sj,  nker. 

The  yeas  and  nnys  were  ordered. 

The  iinestion  was  taken;  ami  there  were— yeas  I'O,  nays  06, 
answered  "pre.sent"  'J.*^,  not  voting  IHl. 
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